Working-Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial School: A Story of Belonging

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Today’s high schools—constrained by low expectations for working-class kids, limitations on teachers’ autonomy, and more segregation than 50 years ago—find it challenging to create an environment that cultivates engagement, learning and a sense of belonging. They can learn something from the successes of the past.

Sunnyvale High School (SHS) opened its doors to a diverse student body living in blue collar neighborhoods of California’s Bay Area in 1956. Built to ...